Economic burden of acute pesticide poisoning in South Korea
- Authors
- Choi, Yeongchull; Kim, Younhee; Ko, Yousun; Cha, Eun S.; Kim, Jaeyoung; Lee, Won J.
- Issue Date
- 12월-2012
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- agricultural chemicals; cost; policy; regulation; societal burden; produits chimiques agricoles; couts; politique; reglementation; charge pour la societe; agroquimicos; coste; politica; regulacion; carga social
- Citation
- TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, v.17, no.12, pp.1534 - 1543
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 1534
- End Page
- 1543
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/106777
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03096.x
- ISSN
- 1360-2276
- Abstract
- Objectives To investigate the magnitude and characteristics of the economic burden resulting from acute pesticide poisoning (APP) in South Korea. Methods The total costs of APP from a societal perspective were estimated by summing the direct medical and non-medical costs together with the indirect costs. Direct medical costs for patients assigned a disease code of pesticide poisoning were extracted from the Korean National Health Insurance Reimbursement Data. Direct non-medical costs were estimated using the average transportation and caregiving costs from the Korea Health Panel Survey. Indirect costs, incurred by pre-mature deaths and work loss, were obtained using 2009 Life Tables for Korea and other relevant literature. Results In 2009, a total of 11 453 patients were treated for APP and 1311 died, corresponding to an incidence of 23.1 per 100 000 population and a mortality rate of 2.6 per 100 000 population in South Korea. The total costs of APP were estimated at approximately US$ 150 million, 0.3% of the costs of total diseases. Costs due to pre-mature mortality accounted for 90.6% of the total costs, whereas the contribution of direct medical costs was relatively small. Conclusion Costs from APP demonstrate a unique characteristic of a large proportion of the indirect costs originating from pre-mature mortality. This finding suggests policy implications for restrictions on lethal pesticides and safe storage to reduce fatality and cost due to APP.
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